Cloning

The alarm is ringing in your ears, screaming like a banshee for you to get up. You cover your head with your pillow. If you just had a clone of yourself, you could send it to school in your place. Or could you? Even if scientists were cloning humans, you would never be able to use a clone as your substitute, because your clone would be born a baby and you would still be a teenager. As your clone grew, so would you. You and the clone would always be the same number of years apart.

About the Author

Susan Schafer is a science teacher and the author of several nonfiction books for children. She has written about numerous animals, including horses, snakes, tigers, Komodo dragons, and Galapagos tortoises. Her book on the latter was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the National Science Teacher's Association and Children's Book Council. She has also written a fictional book about animal tails for very young children.